[CODE4LIB] One Laptop Per Child, Multiple OLPCs at Code4lib

HI all, I was wondering how many people that are going to Code4Lib 2008 have a OLPC. If n 1, it might be interesting to get together either in the evening, or during one of the break out sessions to compare notes and maybe try some mesh networking. If you have a OLPC, and are interested in a

[CODE4LIB] Code4lib Saturday night

Hi all, It seems my plane is coming in late Saturday night and I don't have a hotel in Portland until Sunday afternoon. While I can get a room at the conference hotel for $250 (since it appears to be too late to get the conference rate.. maybe if I called them I could beg and that would work) it

Re: [CODE4LIB] One Laptop Per Child, Multiple OLPCs at Code4lib

I hoped to have mine by then, but it hasn't arrived. *sigh* But I'd like to talk to those who have them, and I guess that bright green plastic case will be easy to spot. kc Edward Corrado wrote: HI all, I was wondering how many people that are going to Code4Lib 2008 have a OLPC. If n 1, it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Multiple ISBNs in COInS?

Hi William, According to the book KEV format (defined here: ttp://tinyurl.com/2psmkq) the max occurrence of the isbn key is 1. I'm assuming that by extension that means that the rft.m-key (i.e., rft.isbn) form is also limited to one occurrence. So specifying multiple ISBNs that way is a no go.

Re: [CODE4LIB] One Laptop Per Child, Multiple OLPCs at Code4lib

I guess I can bring mine as well. Yes, I think it would be interesting to meet and mesh. I think Portland has an OLPC users group as well. thanks, ranti. On Feb 18, 2008 9:50 AM, Karen Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hoped to have mine by then, but it hasn't arrived. *sigh* But I'd like to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Multiple ISBNs in COInS?

I'm not sure if you can do that in the KEV format that OpenURL uses, although you could do it in the XML format. But it still woudln't mean exactly what William wants it to mean--and most existant link resolvers wouldn't neccesarily do the right thing with it. OpenURL can be a bear sometimes. I

[CODE4LIB] Wanted: Code4Lib Journal Volunteers

The Code4Lib Journal (http://journal.code4lib.org) is looking to expand its volunteer staff. We are looking for one or two new Editorial Committee members, and one new Web/Tech Administrator. As we add more staff, we are also interested in expanding the diversity of our staff, especially in

[CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? I suppose the classic example of my query is the federated search. Get user input. Send it to many remote indexes. Wait. Combine results. Return. In this scenario when one of the remote indexes is slow things

Re: [CODE4LIB] One Laptop Per Child, Multiple OLPCs at Code4lib

My olpc as my main laptop for this trip. An informal gathering sounds swell. Yup, Portland does have an olpc users group. There's tentative talk of an informal gathering Weds night 2/27: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-olpc-users/browse_frm/thread/80cea18b f20c39b1 If it happens, perhaps we

[CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? I suppose the classic example of my query is the federated search. Get user input. Send it to many remote indexes. Wait. Combine results. Return. In this scenario when one of the remote indexes is slow

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

Hi Eric, you wrote: How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? ... Is the idea of threading in Java suppose to be able to address this problem? Yes, Java threading addresses this problem. You can spawn different threads to accomplish different

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

Eric Lease Morgan wrote: How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? I suppose the classic example of my query is the federated search. Get user input. Send it to many remote indexes. Wait. Combine results. Return. In this scenario when one of the remote

Re: [CODE4LIB] An Event Apart librarian discount...

According to the source, this is valid for any/all of the four events this year... - Josh On Feb 15, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Larry Fischer wrote: Hi Josh, Do you (or your colleague) know if this discount can be used for events at other cities? Thanks for sharing! ~Larry On Feb 15, 2008

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

And Perl's fork() explained: http://hell.jedicoder.net/?p=82 Enjoy :) Rob On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: Hi Eric, you wrote: How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? ... Is the idea of threading in Java suppose to be able to

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

One of Erlang's real stengths is its approach to concurrent programming.[1][2] It differs from threaded programing - the more common approach - in several ways. From the programmers point-of-view, Erlang's approach is just easier to write and debug. [1]

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one resultCode for Libraries [EMAIL PROTECTED]

This can be done in Java, but like everything in Java the solution is kind of lengthy and perhaps requires several classes. I've attached a simple skeleton program that spawns threads to search but then processes only those results returned in the first 10 seconds. The code for performing the

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one resultCode for Libraries [EMAIL PROTECTED]

If you're doing this in Java, use the java.util.concurrent package and its Executor and Future framework, instead of using Thread.start/join, synchronized etc. directly. Get the book Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns (ISBN 0-201-31009-0) written by the master himself

Re: [CODE4LIB] An Event Apart librarian discount...

Great, thanks so much for the follow-up. I appreciate it! On Feb 18, 2008 2:32 PM, Josh Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to the source, this is valid for any/all of the four events this year... - Josh On Feb 15, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Larry Fischer wrote: Hi Josh, Do

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

On Feb 18, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: How do I write a computer program that spawns many processes but returns one result? Thank you for the many prompt and useful replies. I am added the link below simply for the historical records. (I may need it in the future. 0 It was

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

The short answer is you want a book or article on 'concurrent programming'. The main programming abstraction for doing this is generally 'threads'. Which are supported in different ways in different environments (languages and OSs). Another way this is sometimes done especially in the UNIX

Re: [CODE4LIB] Multiple ISBNs in COInS?

Actually, the max occurrence of ALL of the KEV keys is 1 except for au (which is unlimited). I remember discussions in which we acknowledged that one key NE one value, eg you could input multiple values if your recipients were in agreements (a poor excuse, I know). Thus: isbn:;isbn:. My

[CODE4LIB] Information Architect to work under contract at the USAID Library in Washington DC

Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks an Information Architect to work under contract for the US AID Library in Washington, DC. The Architect would be responsible for supporting a community of webmasters, developing an inventory of websites, and helping to establish website norms and